The Bahrain section of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report makes a number of legitimate points about the need for further judicial reform, strengthening the rights of…
Month: January 2015
22 - 28 January 2015 For a third week, debate of the Government’s 2015-2018 Action Plan has dominated parliamentary business. For that reason, the below…
The people of Bahrain will never forget how King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia stood shoulder to shoulder with us during one of the most difficult…
"We are the new sultans of the Red Sea; we the new sultans of the Gulf. We, the axis of resistance: Tehran, Damascus, southern Beirut,…
With the Duke of Westminster here in Bahrain; Bahrain’s Information Minister praising the significance of the British expat community at the Bahrain-British Business Forum; and Britain’s…
The below analysis looks at the charges facing Al-Wefaq Islamic Society Secretary-General Ali Salman and what different sides are saying concerning these charges and other…
15 - 21 January 2015 Much of the business of the Chamber of Deputies (the elected house of parliament) has been put on hold…
From the outset it is worth noting that experts have cited Bahrain’s economy as being the least affected by the recent slump in oil prices.…
9 - 14 January 2015 Debate of the draft 2015-2018 Government Action Plan has continued to be the central issue for parliamentarians, with…
In an admirable show of solidarity with France, Bahraini journalists on 11 January held a rally outside the French Embassy in Manama holding up “Je…